Horse-collar.



J. G. PRIBERG.

HORSE COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24,1912.

Patented July 7,

THE NORRIS PE'ILz/QS (."LI. PHOTO-LI'II'KI. WASHINGTON. D C.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. FRIBE-RG', 0F MAIDEN ROCK, WISCONSIN, .ASSIGNOR. T0 ADJUSTABLE HORSE COLLAR 00., 0F MAIDEN ROCK, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July *7, 1914.

Application filed May 24, 1912. Serial No. 699,433.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. FRTBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maiden Rock, in the county of Pierce and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse collars and more particularly to neck pads to be used in connection therewith.

The invention is especially adapted for use in connection with that type of-collar illustrated in my copendinp' application, Serial Number 649,099, filed eptember 13, 1911, and has for its object to provide simple and efiicient means for adjustably securing the fiexible ends of the collar together and for retaining them on the securing pins.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specific descriptionis read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this appli cation, and in which Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents a suitable pad which carries upon its upper face a retaining plate 2 bent upwardly at its ends at 3 and having projecting from its upper face a plurality of pins 4 which are adapted to pass through the apertures 5 formed in the strap ends 6 In order that the ends may be properly held down upon the plate with the pins in engagement with the apertures, the plate is provided with separated oppositely extending fingers 8 between which and the plate are passed the straps 6 and 7. These fingers are in a plane with the body of the plate and serve when ongaged upon the top of the straps to hold the same down upon the plate and thereby prevent disengagement of the straps from the pins. The said oppositely extending fingers 8 are stamped from the retaining plate 2 and disposed in a spaced longitudinal plane with the upper surface thereof and terminating substantially in transverse alinement with the pins 4.

It will be noted that the flexible ends 6 and 7 of the collar are constructed in a similar manner to that described in my copending application in that they havea series of holes 5 arranged therein in pairs so as to be adjustably engaged by the pins 4, whereby the collar may be adjusted for different sized necks.

that I claim is 1. The combination with a collar having flexible apertured ends, of a detachable neck pad, a sheet metal plate secured thereto and having end portions, pins projecting vertically from the plate and arranged to engage within the apertures in the flexible ends, and means formed on and integral with the said plate and to one side of the pins for holdingthe ends in engagement with said. pins, each of the members of said means terminating in a vertical plane passing through one of said pins and parallel with the edges of the end portions of said plate.

2. The combination with a collar having flexible ends provided with apertures, of a detachable neck pad, a sheet metal plate secured thereto and having end portions, pins projecting vertically from the plate and arranged to engage within the apertures in said ends, and fiat elongated fingers stamped from the plate and extending in a longitudinal plane therewith and parallel to one side of one longitudinal edge of the plate, said fingers extending toward each other and having their free ends separated and disposed in spaced relation to the plate and arranged to hold the flexible ends down upon the plate and in engagement with the pins, each of said fingers terminating in a vertlcal lane passing through one of said pins and parallel with the end portions of said plate.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

R. H. CARPENTER, F. W. CARPENTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." 

